Athens Medical Group invested 31 million euros in the period 2010-2015 on new equipment and new specialized departments, Dr Vasilis Apostolopoulos, chief executive of the group said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters, during a news conference on the occasion of an international medical conference titled “Athens Medical Leadership and Innovation Conference”, Apostolopoulos said that the Athens Medical Group treated more than 3.5 million patients during the last six years, payroll spending totaled 492 million euros, while the group paid more than 170 million euros to pension funds as social insurance contributions and 150 million in taxes. Foreign currency inflows from international patients totaled 202 million euros, while its workforce rose to more than 2,700. The group continues its expansion abroad, focusing in the Balkans, with the launch of a fourth unit in Bucharest, Romania. Athens Medical Group is also emphasizing on medical tourism and expands in new markets.
During the medical conference in Athens, September 23-25, more than 150 top speakers will present the medical innovation practices implemented by the group’s clinics in Athens and Thessaloniki and the latest developments in significant sectors of the medical science, such as oncology, robotics, orthopedics, cardiology, neurology, pathology, cosmetics, and a scientific cooperation between Athens Medical and the University of Yale.
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